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==About Editing With Task Link Filtering Rules==
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==Overview==
  
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===Show and Hiding Task Links===
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This article covers the '''Global editing''' of '''Task Links'''.  As with all '''global editing''', the OnePager Pro '''Template Properties''' and the '''Chart Properties''' form are involved.    As mentioned elsewhere with respect to OnePager Pro’s '''Task Links '''feature, the '''Template Properties '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab is almost identical to the same tab in the '''Chart Properties '''form. 
  
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The '''Task Link Filter rules''' capability allows you to control the '''showing''' (or '''hiding''') of '''Data-driven Task Links''' based upon '''source plan''' '''data field content values'''.  This feature, similar to the '''Conditional Import '''feature, gives you greater control over the tailoring of '''Data-driven Task Links''' for schedule discussions. The '''Task Link Filter rules''' feature has no influence on whether '''Data-driven Task Links''' are '''imported'''.
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For more information on the '''Template Properties '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab, please see this section in the article at:  [[Template Only Features for Version 7.0 (OnePager Pro)#Task Links Tab | Template Only Features-OnePager Pro – Task Links Tab]] <!--24.1.1-70-->
  
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'''Task Link Filter rules are''' important for a couple of reasons:
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In the discussion that follows on '''global editing''' using the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab, it is assumed that '''Data-driven Tasks '''are '''imported'''. 
  
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:1) Using '''Task Link Filter rules''' usually reduces the number of '''Task Links showing''' thus reducing '''clutter'''.
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For more information on the rules governing the '''importing Data-driven Task Links''' please see the article at: [[Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0| Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0]] <!--19.1.3.1-70-->
  
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:2) '''Task Link Filter rules''' allows you to specifically '''show''' '''Data-driven Task Links '''that contribute to the issues you are presenting.
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The '''Task Links '''tab of the '''Chart Properties '''form (See the illustration below) provides the settings for both '''Data-driven '''and manual '''Task Links'''.  Only the '''Horizontal Anchor (Manual Task Links Only) '''control sub-group is specifically used for '''editing''' manual '''Task '''Links.
  
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'''Task Link Filter rules '''can be '''written''' for OnePager Express '''before''' the chart is '''created''' by using the controls in the '''Template Properties '''form or '''after''' by using the controls in the '''Chart Properties''' form.   '''Task Link''' '''Filter rules '''can also be '''edited''' in the chart or after more snapshots are created.
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For more information on '''Horizontal Anchors''' for manual '''Task Links''', pleases see the article at: [[Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Pro]] <!--19.4.1-70-->
  
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===Task Link Filter Rules Are Global===
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==Task Link Editing with the Chart Properties Form==
  
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The '''Task Link Filter Rules '''form, shown below, is '''global''' in that '''Task Link Filter rules''' entered in the form apply to all snapshots.  The application of the rules, however, depends on where you are, in terms of snapshot, as discussed below:
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The '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Links '''tab with all '''Data-driven Task Links '''previously imported looks like this:
  
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====Current Snapshot====
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The '''Task Links''' tab has three (3) major control groups.
  
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'''Editing''' a '''Task Link Filter rule '''while you are in the '''current snapshot''' causes OnePager Express to reconfigure the '''Data-driven Task Links''' that are '''shown''' in the current snapshot to conform to the '''Task Link Filter rule''' '''edits''' made.  When the '''edited''' '''Task Link Filter rule''' is applied, the snapshot in the '''Chart Editor''' can change appearance.
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'''Show task Links Checkbox''':  The '''Show task links''' checkbox is the '''“Master”''' switch in the '''Task Links '''tab of the '''Chart Properties '''form for turning the '''Task Links '''feature '''ON''' and '''OFF'''.
  
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====New Snapshot====
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'''Default Task-Link Formatting''':  This control group defines the properties of '''Task Links''' in the chart with respect to '''Line Style''', '''Arrow Style''', '''Font properties''', and '''Horizontal''' and '''Vertical Anchors '''(i.e., '''Begin''' and '''End points''' on '''predecessor '''and '''successor '''tasks respectively).
  
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If you '''create''' a '''new''' snapshot '''after editing''' a '''Task Link Filter rule''' in an '''existing''' snapshot, the '''new''' '''Task Link Filter rules''' are applied to the '''new '''snapshot only.  Past snapshots are unchanged.
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'''Data-Driven Task Links''': This control group provides controls for the '''import''' of '''Data-driven Task Links''', controls for the '''Task Link Filter rules '''feature, and a '''Where Are My Links? '''button to access the form of the same name.  
  
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====Existing Past Snapshots====
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For more information on the utilization of these controls, please see the article at: [[Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0| Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0]] <!--19.1.3.1-70-->
  
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Snapshots '''created before''' the '''Task Link Filter rules '''are '''edited '''remain unchanged with regard to the display of task/milestones and their associated '''Data-driven Task Links'''.  However, if a '''past snapshot''' is '''refreshed''' by performing a snapshot '''UPDATE''' workflow''' '''of any kind (e.g., '''Replace Dates and progress''' or '''Replace All properties'''); the '''edited''' '''Task Link Filter rule(s)''' in the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form are applied to the snapshot being '''refreshed '''only.
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===Show Task Links Master Switch===
  
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===Task Link Filter Rules in the OnePager Express Template Form===
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When the checkbox is unchecked or '''OFF''', '''Task Links '''can neither be '''imported '''('''Data-driven Task Links''') nor '''created '''(manual '''Task Links''')''' '''nor '''shown''' if they are already '''imported '''or '''created'''.  When the checkbox is checked or '''ON''', '''Data-driven Task Links '''can be '''imported''' and '''shown''' and manual '''Task Links '''can be '''created''', '''edited''', and '''deleted'''.
  
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In OnePager Express, the mechanism for managing '''Task Link Filter rules''' is the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form which can be accessed from the '''Template Properties''' or '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Link '''tab in the '''Data-Driven Task Link '''control group of the form.  The illustration below shows the '''Template Properties '''form '''Task Links''' tab’s '''Data-Driven Task Link '''control group set up to '''import Task Links'''. 
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===Default Task-Link Formatting Control Group===
  
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The '''Import predecessors''' checkbox is checked '''ON'''.
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====Line Style Sub-Group Controls====
  
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There are four (4) controls in the '''Line Style''' sub-group.
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In the '''Template Properties''' form’s '''Data-Driven Task Links''' control group above, the '''Import predecessors''' checkbox must be checked '''ON''' for '''Data-driven Task Link import''' actions to take place.  Once this checkbox is checked '''ON''', the '''Filter Links''' control sub-group of the form and its controls are '''enabled'''.  Within the '''Filter Links''' control sub-group you have the option to select the '''Show All''' radio button or to select the '''Use Rules''' radio button.  Selecting the '''Show all''' radio button tells OnePager to '''show all Data-driven Task Links''' '''imported'''.  Selecting the '''Use Rules''' radio button '''enables''' the '''Manage Rules…''' button to the right. 
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When '''Manage Rules…''' button is clicked, the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form appears as shown below:
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The One Pager Pro standard '''Color Chooser ''' form is used to assist you with the selection of the global '''connection line color''' to apply to all '''Task Links'''.  The '''Color Chooser ''' form is shown below:
  
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The '''Task Link Filter Rules '''form has the same general appearance as the '''Conditional Import Rules '''form with the exception of an additional column on the right giving you the option to apply the rule to the '''Predecessor''' task, the '''Successor''' task, or '''both'''.
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Access the '''Color Chooser''' form by clicking on the dropdown button next to the '''color '''window.
  
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For more information on '''Conditional Import ''', pleases see the article at: [[Conditional Import for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Conditional Import Filters (Portal)]] <!--7.18.1-70-->
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For more information on '''Color Palettes''' or to '''edit '''a '''Color Palette''', please see the article at: [[Creating and Saving Color Palettes for Version 7.0 | Creating and Saving Color Palettes]] <!--25.0.1-70-->
  
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===Task Link Filter Rules in the OnePager Express Chart Properties Form===
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If you access the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab but you have not yet imported any '''Data-driven Task Link predecessor '''information,''' '''the '''Data-Driven Task Links''' control group on the tab looks like this:
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You can increase or decrease the '''width''' of the '''connection line''' using this control.  The default setting is 2 pixels. 
  
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In this situation you can check the '''Show Data-driven links''' checkbox '''ON''' to import '''Data-driven Task Link predecessor '''information from your '''source plan''' and '''enable''' the '''Filter Links '''control sub-group.  If you access the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Link '''tab [['''after''']] '''Data-driven Task Links''' are '''imported''' and the chart is '''created''', which is the most typical situation, the '''Data-Driven Task Links''' control group of the form looks like this:
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There are five (5) '''dash types''' available for '''connection lines'''.  These five '''dash types''' are the same as used for '''baseline''', '''deadline''', '''endpoints connection lines''', and '''borders'''. 
  
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The '''Dash Type '''dropdown looks like this:
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With task bars/milestone symbols '''imported''' as well as all '''Data-driven Task Links''', the '''Data-Driven Task Links''' control group of the form is altered to show that the''' Filter links''' controls are '''enabled''' giving you access to the '''Show all''' and '''Use Rules''' radio buttons. Selecting the '''Show all''' radio button tells OnePager Express to '''show '''all imported '''Data-driven Task Links''' in the current snapshot.
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Selecting the '''Use Rules''' radio button '''enables''' the '''Manage Rules …''' button.  When this button is clicked '''ON''', OnePager Express accesses the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form shown above.  The form is blank (also shown above) or has '''Task Link Filter Rule''' entries that were created in the current '''Template Properties '''form or previously in the '''Chart Properties''' form after a chart was '''created'''. 
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As an example, a chart with '''Data-driven Task Links '''configured with the '''Dash dot dot''' '''Dash Type''' looks like this with the '''connection line width’s ''' increased:
  
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These '''Task Link Filter rules''' apply to the '''showing''' (or '''hiding''') of '''Data-driven Task Links '''in all snapshots. The '''Task Link Filter rules '''feature is useful when you desire to configure your chart with '''Data-driven Task Links''' that are associated with task bars/milestone symbols of interest.  While the '''Conditional Import '''feature gives you control over which task bars/milestone symbols are '''imported '''to OnePager, OnePager Express '''imports '''all''' Data-driven Task Links''' from your '''source plans '''when the feature is turned '''ON'''.  The '''showing ('''or '''hiding''') of '''Data-driven Task Links''' is controlled by the '''Task Link Filter rules'''.
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'''Caution''': Careful consideration of your presentation goals is recommended in order to make the best use of this new feature.
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=====Corner Radii=====
  
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===Additional Requirements for Importing Data-Driven Task Links for OnePager Express===
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You also have options when specifying '''Corner radius''' of a '''Task Link''' '''connection line''' regardless of the '''connection line option''' selected.  The '''Corner radius''' is a parameter denoting the number of pixels that are used to make the '''connection line’s''' '''90 degree bends'''.  The '''higher''' the pixel count the '''more rounded''' the '''connection''' '''line''' '''bend''' appears.
  
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For OnePager Express, in addition to the '''Show Data-driven links '''checkbox, there are two (2) dropdown menus.  The '''Task Link Field '''dropdown menu to the immediate right of the word '''from''' shows a list of Microsoft Excel '''fields '''from your '''source plan'''. 
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Below is an example of a '''Corner Radius''' of 1:
  
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Selecting the '''field''' containing your '''Predecessor '''information tells OnePager Express where to find your '''predecessors'''.
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For comparison, below is an illustration with a manual '''Task Link '''with a '''Corner Radius '''of 10:
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The dropdown menu to the right of the word '''using''' is the '''Syntax Format selector '''for you to select the '''syntax format''' for your''' Predecessor '''information so OnePager Express knows how to interpret your Microsoft Excel '''dependency '''data.
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:1) The '''default Corner Radius''' value in OnePager Pro distributed '''Template Properties''' forms is 4.
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There are two '''Syntax Format selector '''options:
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:2) It is recommended that larger '''Corner Radius''' settings above 5 be accompanied by increases in '''Row Height''' in order to have sufficient room for the larger '''Corner Radius''' as was done in the illustration above.
  
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:1) '''Microsoft Project’s syntax format for Predecessors''':  OnePager Express follows the '''Dependency syntax format '''rules used by Microsoft Project. 
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====Arrow Style Sub-Control Group====
  
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:2) '''Primavera P6’s syntax format for Predecessors''':  Since OnePager Express is importing '''Dependency '''data through Microsoft Excel; OnePager Express 7.0 expects the Primavera P6 '''Dependency''' information to be copied intact into Microsoft Excel.
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There are four (4) controls in the '''Arrow Style''' sub-control group.
  
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With the exception covered immediately above, the controls specifically for OnePager Express in the '''Filter Links '''control sub-group are the same as the corresponding controls in OnePager Pro.
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=====Begin and End Types=====
  
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In OnePager Pro there are five (5) enhanced '''Arrow Styles'''.  The '''Arrow Style Begin Type '''dropdown is shown below:
  
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Microsoft Project assures that the '''Predecessors''' '''field''' is error-checked and data conform to the proper '''syntax format'''.   The same is true for Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft Project Online, and Primavera P6.
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The '''default setting''' for the '''Begin Type''' is '''None''' and the default setting for the '''End Type '''is '''Arrow'''.  The chart illustration above shows the '''Arrow''' '''Begin Type'''.
  
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A typo in the '''Dependence field '''name can happen if Primavera P6 data are not '''imported''' to OnePager Express through Microsoft Excel.  With Microsoft Excel as your '''source plan''', the flexibility of Microsoft Excel lends itself to the possibility of attempting '''imports''' of '''dependency '''information from the wrong '''field'''.  There is also a possibility you might specify the wrong '''Syntax Format''' '''selector''' option in the '''Template Properties''' or '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Link '''tab. 
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When any of these potential errors are identified by OnePager Express, a message is provided and you are given an opportunity to correct the '''source plan''' or the OnePager Express settings.
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You can '''edit''' the '''size''' of the '''Begin '''and '''End Type '''changing the value in the adjacent window.  '''Begin '''and '''End Size '''is measured in pixels.  The larger the value, the larger size of the '''Begin''' or '''End Type'''.
  
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=====Cautions=====
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==Creating, Editing, and Deleting Task Link Filter Rules==
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You can override OnePager’s determination of '''Begin''' and '''End Type Arrow Styles''' by making your own selections in the dropdown windows shown in the above form.  '''This is not recommended for '''Data-driven Task Links''' because the end result of the '''edit '''is to potentially alter the '''look''' of the '''Dependency relationship '''between task bars/milestone symbols and thereby appear to violate the integrity of your '''source plan '''data.
  
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You can write '''Task Link Filter rules''' for '''showing''' (or '''hiding''') '''Data-driven Task Links''' based upon the contents of various '''data''' '''fields''' in your '''source plan'''. 
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===Creating a Data-Driven Task Link Filter Rule - Example===
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You can '''edit''' the '''Font properties''' associated with '''Task Links''' in the '''Font '''sub-control group.  Clicking the '''Font''' dropdown accesses the standard OnePager Pro '''Font properties '''form as shown below:
  
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Suppose you only want to '''show''' '''Data-driven Task Links''' associated with task bars/milestone symbols that have '''Start Dates''' that are greater or equal than March 1, 2021.   This can be done by establishing a '''Task Link Filter rule''' in either the '''Template Properties '''form or '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form.  The first time you access the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form it is blank. 
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To write a new rule click the '''Add Rule''' button and the form looks like this:
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The '''Font properties '''form is used throughout OnePager Pro for '''editing''' the '''font properties''' of all text elements within OnePager.  The '''Font Properties form''', shown above, has six (6) controls.
  
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'''Font Dropdown''': The '''Font Dropdown '''button''' '''provides a list of '''fonts '''available on your computer.
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Once the '''Task Link Filter Rule entry''' is '''created''', use the dropdown menus to format the '''Field''', '''Operator''', '''Value''', and '''Applies to''' columns to make your selections.  The '''ON''' column in the above form is used to '''activate''' or '''deactivate''' the '''Task Link Filter rule''' should you decide for any reason that you don’t want a particular '''Task Link Filter rule '''applied to the chart.  By default, all '''Added rules''' are configured with the '''ON '''checkbox checked.
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'''Color''':  The '''Color Dropdown '''button provides access to the OnePager Pro standard '''Color Chooser''' form as discussed above.  In this context, the '''Color Chooser '''is used to select the '''color globally''' for any text associated with either '''Data-driven '''or manual '''Task Link'''.
  
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'''B''', ''I'', [[U]]: These three buttons control the '''formatting '''of text with respect to the '''font '''displaying '''Bold''', ''Italics'', or [[Underline]]''' text'''.
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If you '''create''' a '''Task Link Filter rule''' that says '''show''' only those '''Task Links''' for '''source plan predecessor '''or '''successor '''task/milestones that have '''Start Dates''' greater or equal to March 1, 2021, the '''Task Link Filter Rule '''form looks like this with the rule added:
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When you complete the '''editing '''of the '''text''' with the '''Font properties '''form, click the '''OK '''button to apply the '''edits'''.
  
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When you click '''OK '''on the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form above and the '''Apply/OK '''button on the '''Chart Properties '''form the chart looks like this:
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Note in the illustration above that there are '''Data-driven Task Links showing''' on tasks that have '''Start dates''' prior to April 1, 2021.  This is because the right-most column of the '''Task Link Filter rule '''entry specified '''Predecessor or Successor'''.  Therefore, if a '''successor''' task has a '''Start date '''later than March 1, 2021 but its '''predecessor''' task started before April 1, 2021, the rule includes the '''Data-driven Task Link '''between this pair of tasks.
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For both manual and '''Data-driven Task Links''', you have control over where the '''Task Link Vertical Anchors''' connect to the task bars/milestone symbols.  There are four (4) '''Vertical Anchor point''' options each for the '''Predecessor''' and '''Successor''' task shapes.
  
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Taking a look at the '''Where Are My Links?''' form with this '''Task Link Filter rule''' '''enabled''', shows you which '''Data-driven Task Links''' are being shown and which are not as indicated by the checkboxes in the '''Show field''' of the '''Where’s My Links? '''form below:
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The '''Task Link connection line''' '''anchors''' at the '''Top''' of the task bar/milestone symbol and '''departs vertically '''or '''horizontally''' from the '''Top'''.
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The result from this '''Task Link Filter rule''' action is to change the chart so that only '''Data-driven Task Links''' associated with '''predecessor '''or '''successor '''task/milestones having '''Start Dates''' greater than or equal to March 1, 2019''' '''are '''shown'''.  This focuses audience’s attention on these '''dependencies'''.  Additional '''Task Link Filter rules '''can be '''added''' or '''edited''' as discussed below.
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There are controls in the '''Task Link Filter Rules '''form above and below the grid as shown here:
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The '''Task Link''' '''connection line anchors''' at the '''vertical center''' of the task bar/milestone symbol and '''departs horizontally''' or '''vertically '''from the '''middle'''. 
  
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There are two (2) radio buttons at the top of the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form that specifies to OnePager how to handle multiple rules.  The '''ANY of the following rules are true''' radio button says '''show '''the '''Data-driven Task Link''' if '''any one '''of the '''rules''' in the form are '''true'''.  The '''ALL of the following rules are true''' button says '''show''' the '''Data-driven Task Link '''only if '''all''' of the '''rules''' in the form are '''true'''.
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The '''Task Link connection line anchors''' at the '''bottom '''of the task shape or '''departs vertically''' or '''horizontally '''from the '''bottom'''.
  
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'''Caution''': Care should be exercised when using these two radio buttons in conjunction with settings in the '''Applies to''' column where you have a choice to make between '''applying '''the individual rule to both '''predecessors '''and '''successors '''(AND) or to either '''predecessor '''or '''successor '''(OR).
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As mentioned above, the '''formatting''' and '''editing''' of '''Task Link Filter rules''' are identical to the rules for '''creating, editing, and deleting''' '''Conditional Import rules'''.  The meanings of the first four fields in the '''Conditional Import Rules''' form are the same as the first four '''fields '''in the''' Task Link Filter Rues '''form.  The '''Conditional Import Rules '''form is shown below for reference:
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The '''Auto''' '''option''' is the '''default''' option employed by OnePager so that it can initially make decisions on how best to '''vertically position''' the '''Begin point''' and '''End point shapes''' of the '''Task Link''' '''connection line''' routing through the chart. 
  
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The '''Task Link’s Dependency Type''' is preserved. The controls just below the four (4) radio buttons in the illustrations above apply to the '''Vertical Anchors '''for '''End points''' on '''successor '''task shapes.
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The '''Data Driven Task Links''' control group in the '''Task Links''' tab of the '''Chart Properties '''form provides a means for '''importing Data-driven Task Links after the chart is created'''.
  
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You can access the '''Task Link Filter Rules '''form at any time through the '''Chart Properties''' form, select any '''cell''' in any entry, and '''edit '''the contents of that '''cell''' using the dropdown menus or by inserting a new value in the '''Value''' column as required.  When you click '''OK''' buttons in the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form and the '''Chart Properties '''form, the '''Task Link Filter rule''' '''edit''' is applied.
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In charts with multiple '''snapshots,''' the entries in the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form and any '''edits''' made at any time are applied to snapshots in accordance with the cases discussed above. '''Entries''' in '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form are '''global edits''' and although '''Data-driven Task Links''' are '''snapshot-dependent''', '''Task Links shown''' in a snapshot are conditional on the settings in the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form and the task bars/milestone symbols that are within the '''Start/Finish Date boundaries '''of the chart in the snapshot being displayed.
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After the chart is '''created''', but before '''Data-driven Task '''Links are '''imported''', the checkbox within the '''Data-Driven Task Links''' control group has the label of '''Import and show links''' as shown below:
  
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The '''Where’s My Links? '''form can also be accessed through the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Link '''tab in the '''Data-Driven Task Links '''control group where there is an additional button, the '''Where Are My Links? '''button, as shown here: 
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Using either the Chart Properties form’s '''Task '''Links tab or the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab accesses the '''Where Are My Links?''' form shown here:
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With all '''Data-driven Task Links imported''' the '''Filter Links '''sub-control group’s radio buttons are '''enabled '''allowing you to '''Show all Data-driven Task Links '''or use the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form to control which '''Task Links '''are ''' shown ''' or '''hidden'''.
  
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The '''Where Are My Links?''' form above lists all the '''Data-driven Task Links shown ('''or '''hidden''') in the current snapshot as well as any manual''' Task Links'''.  The '''Where Are My Links? '''form is '''“snapshot-dependent”''' in that OnePager Express '''creates''' the form’s content based upon the snapshot that is being displayed in the '''Chart Editor '''. 
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In the '''Show '''column (1) you can check or uncheck any entry’s checkbox to control the '''showing''' (or '''hiding'''), respectively, of the associated '''Task Links. '''
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The '''Predecessor''' column (2) and '''Successor '''column (3) provide the '''Task/Milestone Name''' participating respectively in the '''Task Link''' pair.  The numbers in parenthesis following the task bar name label correspond to the '''Task ID''' for Microsoft Excel '''source plans'''. 
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The '''Source''' column (4) tells you which entries in the form are '''Data-driven Task Links (Imported) '''or which are manual '''Task Links''' ('''Manual''').  At the top of the form, are controls to '''Filter''' entries showing in the form based upon '''task bar name labels''' such that only task bars/milestone symbols that meet the '''task bar name filtering condition''' appears in the form’s data window. 
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Clicking the '''Where Are My Links?''' button accesses the '''Where Are My Links?''' form that displays entries for all '''Task Links''' in the snapshot and their status with respect to being '''shown '''or '''hidden''' as illustrated below:
  
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After clicking the '''Filter '''button the entries shown in the '''Where Are My Links? '''form’s window are only those where the '''Engineering Team 2''' task bar name label appears in either a '''Predecessor''' or '''Successor '''task bar/milestone symbol name regardless of whether the '''Task Link '''is '''showing''' (or '''hidden'''). The current '''show/hide status''' is displayed in the '''Show '''column’s checkboxes.
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The '''Use Show/Hide Defaults''' button at the bottom of the form controls the '''resetting of defaults''' for '''showing ('''or '''hiding''')''' Task Links''' based upon the '''Task Link Filter rules '''you established in the '''Task Link Filter Rules '''form.  This button also applies if you are '''Showing All Task Links''' instead of using '''Task Link Filter rules'''.  If after establishing which '''Task Links '''are to be '''shown''' (or '''hidden''') in the '''Task Links Filter Rules '''form and you later make '''edits''' to any '''Task Link '''individually, clicking the '''Use Show/Hide Defaults '''button '''restores''' all '''Task Links '''to the current '''Task Link Filter rules''' or the '''Show all '''selection.
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The '''Where Are My Links? '''form is '''“snapshot-dependent”''' in that OnePager provides a list of '''Task Links''' specific to the snapshot that you are currently displaying in the '''Chart Editor'''.  If you don’t use the '''Task Links Filter Rules''' form to conditionally control the '''showing ('''or '''hiding''') of '''Data-driven Task Links''', the '''Where Are My Links?''' form gives you total manual control over the '''showing''' (or '''hiding''')''' '''of all '''Task Links''' in a snapshot at any time.
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The '''CTAS''' control is a checkbox in the '''Template Properties''' form and '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Advanced '''tab in the '''Display Options''' control group that turns the '''CTAS''' feature '''ON''' and '''OFF'''.  '''CTAS''' controls the propagation of '''maverick''' '''edits''' to '''all snapshots''' ('''ON''') or to keep '''maverick edits''' to tasks/milestones in the '''current snapshot''' ('''OFF''').
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Revision as of 21:01, 19 January 2021

Overview

This article covers the Global editing of Task Links. As with all global editing, the OnePager Pro Template Properties and the Chart Properties form are involved. As mentioned elsewhere with respect to OnePager Pro’s Task Links feature, the Template Properties form’s Task Links tab is almost identical to the same tab in the Chart Properties form.

For more information on the Template Properties form’s Task Links tab, please see this section in the article at: Template Only Features-OnePager Pro – Task Links Tab

In the discussion that follows on global editing using the Chart Properties form’s Task Links tab, it is assumed that Data-driven Tasks are imported.

For more information on the rules governing the importing Data-driven Task Links please see the article at: Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0

The Task Links tab of the Chart Properties form (See the illustration below) provides the settings for both Data-driven and manual Task Links. Only the Horizontal Anchor (Manual Task Links Only) control sub-group is specifically used for editing manual Task Links.

For more information on Horizontal Anchors for manual Task Links, pleases see the article at: Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Pro

Task Link Editing with the Chart Properties Form

The Chart Properties form’s Task Links tab with all Data-driven Task Links previously imported looks like this:

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The Task Links tab has three (3) major control groups.

Show task Links Checkbox: The Show task links checkbox is the “Master” switch in the Task Links tab of the Chart Properties form for turning the Task Links feature ON and OFF.

Default Task-Link Formatting: This control group defines the properties of Task Links in the chart with respect to Line Style, Arrow Style, Font properties, and Horizontal and Vertical Anchors (i.e., Begin and End points on predecessor and successor tasks respectively).

Data-Driven Task Links: This control group provides controls for the import of Data-driven Task Links, controls for the Task Link Filter rules feature, and a Where Are My Links? button to access the form of the same name.

For more information on the utilization of these controls, please see the article at: Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0

Show Task Links Master Switch

When the checkbox is unchecked or OFF, Task Links can neither be imported (Data-driven Task Links) nor created (manual Task Links) nor shown if they are already imported or created. When the checkbox is checked or ON, Data-driven Task Links can be imported and shown and manual Task Links can be created, edited, and deleted.

Default Task-Link Formatting Control Group

Line Style Sub-Group Controls

There are four (4) controls in the Line Style sub-group.

Color

The One Pager Pro standard Color Chooser form is used to assist you with the selection of the global connection line color to apply to all Task Links. The Color Chooser form is shown below:

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Access the Color Chooser form by clicking on the dropdown button next to the color window.

For more information on Color Palettes or to edit a Color Palette, please see the article at: Creating and Saving Color Palettes

Width

You can increase or decrease the width of the connection line using this control. The default setting is 2 pixels.

Dash Type

There are five (5) dash types available for connection lines. These five dash types are the same as used for baseline, deadline, endpoints connection lines, and borders.

The Dash Type dropdown looks like this:

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As an example, a chart with Data-driven Task Links configured with the Dash dot dot Dash Type looks like this with the connection line width’s increased:

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Corner Radii

You also have options when specifying Corner radius of a Task Link connection line regardless of the connection line option selected. The Corner radius is a parameter denoting the number of pixels that are used to make the connection line’s 90 degree bends. The higher the pixel count the more rounded the connection line bend appears.

Below is an example of a Corner Radius of 1:

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For comparison, below is an illustration with a manual Task Link with a Corner Radius of 10:

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1) The default Corner Radius value in OnePager Pro distributed Template Properties forms is 4.
2) It is recommended that larger Corner Radius settings above 5 be accompanied by increases in Row Height in order to have sufficient room for the larger Corner Radius as was done in the illustration above.

Arrow Style Sub-Control Group

There are four (4) controls in the Arrow Style sub-control group.

Begin and End Types

In OnePager Pro there are five (5) enhanced Arrow Styles. The Arrow Style Begin Type dropdown is shown below:

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The default setting for the Begin Type is None and the default setting for the End Type is Arrow. The chart illustration above shows the Arrow Begin Type.

Begin Size and End Size

You can edit the size of the Begin and End Type changing the value in the adjacent window. Begin and End Size is measured in pixels. The larger the value, the larger size of the Begin or End Type.

Cautions

You can override OnePager’s determination of Begin and End Type Arrow Styles by making your own selections in the dropdown windows shown in the above form. This is not recommended for Data-driven Task Links because the end result of the edit is to potentially alter the look of the Dependency relationship between task bars/milestone symbols and thereby appear to violate the integrity of your source plan data.

Font Sub-Control Group

You can edit the Font properties associated with Task Links in the Font sub-control group. Clicking the Font dropdown accesses the standard OnePager Pro Font properties form as shown below:

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The Font properties form is used throughout OnePager Pro for editing the font properties of all text elements within OnePager. The Font Properties form, shown above, has six (6) controls.

Font Dropdown: The Font Dropdown button provides a list of fonts available on your computer.

Color: The Color Dropdown button provides access to the OnePager Pro standard Color Chooser form as discussed above. In this context, the Color Chooser is used to select the color globally for any text associated with either Data-driven or manual Task Link.

Size: The Size selector establishes the font size of any text globally associated with either Data-driven or manual Task Links.

B, I, U: These three buttons control the formatting of text with respect to the font displaying Bold, Italics, or Underline text.

When you complete the editing of the text with the Font properties form, click the OK button to apply the edits.

Horizontal Anchor Sub-Controls Group for Manual Task Links Only

For more information on how the Horizontal Anchor (Manual Task Links Only) sub-control group applies only to manual Task Links, please see this section in the article at: Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Pro – Editing Manual Task Links

Vertical Anchor Sub-Control Group for All Task Links

For both manual and Data-driven Task Links, you have control over where the Task Link Vertical Anchors connect to the task bars/milestone symbols. There are four (4) Vertical Anchor point options each for the Predecessor and Successor task shapes.

Top

The Task Link connection line anchors at the Top of the task bar/milestone symbol and departs vertically or horizontally from the Top.

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Middle

The Task Link connection line anchors at the vertical center of the task bar/milestone symbol and departs horizontally or vertically from the middle.

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Bottom

The Task Link connection line anchors at the bottom of the task shape or departs vertically or horizontally from the bottom.

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Auto

The Auto option is the default option employed by OnePager so that it can initially make decisions on how best to vertically position the Begin point and End point shapes of the Task Link connection line routing through the chart.

The Task Link’s Dependency Type is preserved. The controls just below the four (4) radio buttons in the illustrations above apply to the Vertical Anchors for End points on successor task shapes.

Data-Driven Task Links Control Group

The Data Driven Task Links control group in the Task Links tab of the Chart Properties form provides a means for importing Data-driven Task Links after the chart is created.

Import and Show Links

After the chart is created, but before Data-driven Task Links are imported, the checkbox within the Data-Driven Task Links control group has the label of Import and show links as shown below:

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After checking the Import and show links checkbox ON and clicking either Apply or OK in the Chart Properties form, all Data-driven Task Links are imported and shown.

Show Data-Driven Task Links

Accessing the Chart Properties form’s Task Links tab after the import process is complete shows the Data-Driven Task Links control group looking like this:

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With all Data-driven Task Links imported the Filter Links sub-control group’s radio buttons are enabled allowing you to Show all Data-driven Task Links or use the Task Link Filter Rules form to control which Task Links are shown or hidden.

Use Rules Radio Button

Clicking the Use Rules radio button enables the Manage Rules button that provides access to the Task Link Filter Rules form as shown here:

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For more information on using Task Link Filter rules, please see the article at: Using Task Link Filtering Rules for Showing/Hiding Task Links for OnePager Pro

Where Are My Links? Button

Clicking the Where Are My Links? button accesses the Where Are My Links? form that displays entries for all Task Links in the snapshot and their status with respect to being shown or hidden as illustrated below:

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The Where Are My Links? form can also be used to edit the show/hide status of any Task Link entry in the form.

For more information on using the Where Are My Links form, please see the article at: Using the Where Are My Links? Form for OnePager Pro

Related Links

Template Only Features-OnePager Pro

Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0

Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager

Creating and Saving Color Palettes

Using Task Link Filtering Rules for Showing/Hiding Task Links for OnePager Pro

Using the Where Are My Links? Form for OnePager Pro

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